The post-Alexandrian dynasty established by King Ptolemy of Egypt. Ptolemy was a Macedonian general who was named governor of Egypt after the death of Alexander. Ptolemy became king in 305 BCE and established the Ptolemaic dynasty of pharaohs. The Ptolemaic dynasty lasted longer than any other Hellenistic monarchy until, in …

I just submitted 26 regional and strategic maps for Volume 1 of Warfare in the Age of Crusades, The Latin East.

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164 BCE

When Seleucid king Antiochus IV, 175- 163 BCE, lead troops into Jerusalem, Judas Maccabaeus lead a revolt in which the Jews were able to capture the Temple of Jerusalem. The holiday of Hanukkah is celebrated each year by Jewish people in remembrance of this event.

Generate Digits of Pi - I have always been obsessed by Pi

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I've updated my multi-precision Fibonacci C++ package in Go. I am currently in the process of learning Go and this is something I thought I could tackle. I was surprised at how easy it was to build this. I'm becoming a reluctant convert. The implemntation complexity is comparable to Python …

Another of the spin-off dynasties resulting from the dismantling of Alexander's empire. General Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty in Syria. The Seleucid dynasty was the largest of the Hellenistic dynasties, and occupied most of the territory formerly controlled by the Persian empire, however, the size of this monarchy eventually lead …